Background: The news media are often criticized for exaggerated coverage of weak science.
Press releases, a source of information for many journalists, might be a source of those …

Introduction The OR is one of the most commonly used measures of association in
preventive medicine, and yet it is unintuitive and easily misinterpreted by journal authors …

Background. Characteristics defining newsworthiness of journal articles appearing in JAMA
and NEJM were examined to determine if they affect visibility in the news media. It was also …

Background Studies have persistently shown deficiencies in medical reporting by the
mainstream media. We have been monitoring the accuracy and comprehensiveness of …

News media effects on their audiences are complex. Four commonly cited effects are:
informing audiences; agenda-setting; framing; and persuading. The release in autumn 2002 …

The communication of information about vaccines and anti-vaccines is analyzed through the
monitoring of issuers, news sites, groups, and messages in social networks. We also …

Purpose The main purpose of this exploratory study is to investigate the attitude of
pharmacists, as small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners, toward new …

Purpose One of the most important uses of benefit‐risk assessment pertains to approval of
new medicines by regulatory authorities and the subsequent review of these products during …

Background Mass media through the Internet is a powerful means of disseminating medical
research. We aimed to determine whether and how the interpretation of research results is …

There are many measures to report so-called treatment or causal effect: absolute difference,
ratio, odds ratio, number needed to treat, and so on. The choice of a measure, eg absolute …